Broiler.



`Niijnn STATES ATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT PIERCE SMITH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ROBERTL. BANKS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BROILER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 715,700, dated December9, 1902.

Application filed July 27, 1901'. Serial No. 69,933. (No model.)

T @ZZ whom. I? may concern,.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT PIERCE SMITH, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New York, in the countyof New York and State of NewYork,have made certain new and useful Improvements in Broilers, of whichthe follow-ing is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in broilers, and especially in broilersintended for buffet 1o and other use where the space is limitedsuch, forinstance, asin the buet-kitchens of parlor-cars, apartment-houses, orprivate residences, yachts, and the like; andthe invenf tion consists incertain novel constructions x5 and combinations of parts, as will behereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figurel is a perspective View of a broiler embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a side View, Fig. 3 isa detail seczo tional View,and Fig. 4 a detail perspective View, partly broken away, showing asomewhatdifferent construction of broiler from that shown in Fig. l; andFig. 5 illustrates the broiler shown in Fig. l in use.

Referring now to the construction shown in Fig. l, it will be seen thatthe broiler comprises the two similar grid-sections A, which are hingedtogether at one end A and are provided at their other ends with thehandles 3o A2. The grid-sections are composed of the wires or irons Band the frame O, which is shown as composed of the side plates D and,the end plates E, such plates D and E being perforated with numerousholes, as shown in Figs. l and 5, and the side plates VD being providedat their outer edges with l'langes or extensions d, which are arrangedto overlie the spaced-apart top plates F of a gas-stove, as shown inFig. 5. This lateral extension 4o or anged construction CZ is shown inFigs. I and 5 as secured by the outer edges of the side plates D, theend plates E being notched at e in their outer edges at their ends toexpose the extending portions CZ of the plates D, as will be understoodfrom Figs. l and 5. I provide these overlapping portions d at both edgesof the broiler, so it can be reversed side for side from the positionshown in Fig. 5 in the use of the device as may be desired. It will benoticed that the perfora- 5o tions d/ in the frame-plates of the broilerpermit a free circulation of the heat, and thus facilitate the broilingoperation.

In the construction shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4 instead of notching theend plates, as shown at e, Fig. 1, the lateral extensions of the sideplates are secured by projecting said side plates outwardly beyond theend plates of the broiler, the side plates G having their lateralextensions doubled, as showny at g, and arranged to rest upon thespaced-apart plates F and the end plates II having their outer edgesextending on straight lines from end to end, as shown at h in Fig. 3.

The broiler, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, is formed in sections hingedtogether at one end and provided at their other ends with handlessimilar to the construction shown in Fig. l. Y

In applying the broiler to the stove it is simply slipped through a slotin the side of the stove, with its flanges cl or g overlying the topplates F of the stove, as shown in Fig. 5.

It will be understood that the slotted construction shown in Fig. I maybe preferred, because when the broiler is applied to the stove, as shownin Fig. 5, it will be held from displacement except in the longitudinaldirection in which it was inserted.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

I. The broiler herein described comprising the two grid-sections hingedtogether at one end and provided at their other ends with handles, eachsection being composed of the wires or rods and the frame having sideand end plates, the end plates being provided in their outer edges withnotches and the side plates being extended at their outer edges over thesaid notches whereby the broiler can be engaged with a stove when fittedtherein, substantially as set forth.

2. A broiler having its side plates extending outwardly in planes atright angles to that of the broiling-surface forming flanges whereby tooverlie the spaced-apart plates ward to overlie the said notches,substantially as set forth.

ROBERT PIERCE SMITH.

H. J. LINDLEY, E. W. LE BLoN.

